Toy



March 12, 1940. M. ROSS 2193522 Patented Man. 12, 1940 UNITED STATES TOY Marion Boss, Louisville Ky.

Application March 29, 1939, Serial N0. 264,813

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in toys, buI: as will presently be seen the device does not always necessarily comprise a toy. The socalled. toy may be used as a mantel Ornament, as a novelty anal an item 01 fancy work, in fact is adaptable to quite a number of kindred uses as Will suggest themselves to persons skilled in this particular art.

The article is herein depicted as a poodle-dog, one characteristic of which is 1ong flowing hair. The principle underlying thissimulation is capable of extension to the making of animals other than this particular type of dog and in the copying of other living natural objects. With this preamble in mind the purposes of the invention are as follow:

First, 1:0 provide an article which is adaptable to use as a toy, display novelty er the 1ike, having as one of its outstanding charac teristics the use of shredded paper, Cellophane or any one of a variety of fabrics for the simulation 013 an object in nature.

Second, to.provide an article of I:he character described which consists primarily of a suitable. armature, a more er less rigid foundation on the armature in most instances, and. a shredo'led paper or similar covering which i's capable of being fiufied up to represent fr er the like.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy anima made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the wire or similar armature.

Figure 3 is a perspe ctive view illustrating the addition of the foundation and other parts to the wire armature of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a cross section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a fractional perspective view illustrating how a number of paper er. other sheets are fastened together prior to shredding.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the folding of the foregoing sheets and the ultimate shredding. 1

Figure 7 is a section haken substantially on the 1ine 'I'I of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention the article I herein conveniently termed a toy, represents a poodle-dog which is characterized by the long shreds 2 which represent the hair. The natura of this article, which is a toy figure, is mort easi1y understood by defining the elements of its construction from the bottom up, so to speak.

In Fig. 2 the armature 3 consists of one or more Wires which have ahy desired degree of stifiness. tion 4, as weil as tail, neck, head and nose portions 5, 6, I and 8.v Pairs of le'gs 9 of substantially U or divergingly shaped form are centered upon the spine portion 4 in I:he manner shown, and are there secured by ties III, whichmay comprise wire, cord 0r some other suitable equivalent.

With respec-t to the foregoing stiffness of the various Wires, the nature'of the ultimate article I will dictate the required type. If the article is of such a kind that it is intended to stand rigid1y, then the Wires are necessarily much stifier than if the article is of a kind adapteol so be benb into various shapes after it is once finished.

In Fig. 3 a foundation II is shown applied t0 the armature 3 ancl leg wires 9 thus defining a dome-shaped body. This foundation usuall'y comprises a sheet of cardboard, but it may consist of some equivalent such as stifienecl buck- This armature comprises a spine p0rram. The reri1ote longitudinal edges of the foundation II are secured to theleg WiI'GS by tapg I2 (Fig. 4). This tape may be of a customary adhesive kind, or it may comprise gummed paper strips. A paper 0r similar wrapping I3 is applied to those parts 01 the leg Wires which appear below the bottom margins of I;he foundation. The terminals I4 of the leg wires are doubled over upon themselves (Fig. l) to provide feet I5.

AI; this point it is desired 1:0 state that the foundation II is not necessarily always composed ofthe materials mentioned. This foundation might comprise a wire er similar network without altering the principle of tzhe invention at this point. The elements 3 to I2 are herein broadly identified as a iramework because it is upon this that the shredded covering is applied in the manner to b"e described.

Those portions of the armature 3 other than the spine 4 are usually left uncoviered. The nose I6 of I: he toy comprises a heart-shaped paperor similar slip of an appropriate color which is glued at I'I (Fig. 7) to the nose portion 8..

Wires I8 (Fig. 3) serve to attach I;he eyes I9 to th'e sides of th'e head portion I.

The making 'of "the coVering is of I:he m0st importance because it is this which gives I:he article its final life-like appearahce. Use is macle of a plurality of paper or similar sheets 20 (Fig. 5). These are laid up0n each other in matching pos'itions and then are stitched at' 2I down a1ong the center. The stitching can Ioe substituted by other means of securing the paper sheets along the longitudinal center, the prerequisite being to hold the sheets together in the matching positions shown.

The stack of sheets is then folded at 22 (Fig. 6) along the line of stitching. The longitudinal edges of the paper stack should come together along a common margin '23. The paper is then cut at 24 With a scissors or equivalent implement along parallel lines. These cuts are close together and. they produce the previously mentioned shreds 2 shown in Fig. 1.

Upon opening the shredded paper stack the latter is applied 1:0 the armature 3. The line of stitching 2l comprises a mid-rib, so to speak, a tai1 following the line of the armature from the tip of the tail portlon 5 to the place where the head portion l meets thenose I6. The paper covering is secured in any desired way. A line of glue can be run along the foundation H directly above the spine portion 4 and extended 130 the tai1, neck and head portions.

The eyes I9 are pulled through convenient ones of the slits or cuts in the paper and after the glue has set the article is shaken to fiuff the material. In an actual manufacture of the a1- ticle in the form of the dog shown, the latter has a remarkable life-like appearance even though the materials of manufacture are perfectly com mon place. I claim:

A toy figure comprising an armature having its approximate ends shaped substantially like the figure parts 110 be represented, leg members divergingly depending from the armature to support the finished figure in a standing position, a foundation applied to the armature ancl extencling over parts of the leg members in a dome-shaped body fo1m, a shredded cover consisting of at least one sheet Gut in f1om opposite margins up to a medial unsevered zone along lines parallel and close to one another means securing Said cover along said zone, centrally of said foundation and. toward the ends of the armature, one of the ends being 1eft exposed by said cover, a member attached to said exposed end, and other members attached by wires to the armature contiguously to the first-mentioned member, said wires being pulled through some of the cuts so that the respective members appear outside of the shredded cover.

MARION BOSS. 

